tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301857824335294626.comments2012-08-09T14:59:03.175-07:00I Have Asperger'sSamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05248807046548892143noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301857824335294626.post-13925326673215118752012-08-09T14:59:03.175-07:002012-08-09T14:59:03.175-07:00Enjoyed your blog, Sam! Often times it it hard to...Enjoyed your blog, Sam! Often times it it hard to see just how God is using us; but, in time, and in eternity for sure, we will better understand what God was doing. God bless you! With love, Jim and Dottie CraigmyleJim Craigmylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00825199970909435153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301857824335294626.post-92062648376601875582012-02-04T21:08:35.896-08:002012-02-04T21:08:35.896-08:00My dad&#39;s main tactics for easing my nighttime ...My dad&#39;s main tactics for easing my nighttime fears were &quot;The cat prowls around at night to protect you,&quot; and &quot;pretend your sheet is a magic shield and as long as you stay in bed you&#39;re safe,&quot; although I love the Harry Potter idea (I had a few months when I was completely terrified of dementors, for instance). <br />Dreams I kind of had to work out for myself. My theory was that if something really scary was happening, who would I want on my side? Bugs Bunny, obviously. He always wins. <br />So then I proceeded to make a list of every awesome/powerful/AlwaysWins person I could think of (for some reason this included Darth Vader), and make them appear just with my mind.<br /><br />I have yet to actually try this out in a dream, but that list got me through a lot.<br /><br />Also, for me, the thought that this beautiful and amazing world exists just on its own without the presence of a god brings me immense amounts of joy/awe for some reason. So I guess I have the exact opposite argument there. Having a god that created it all makes it less spectacular, in my mind.elfarmy17https://www.blogger.com/profile/09127074008716633538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301857824335294626.post-47597499370732531242012-02-04T20:55:00.532-08:002012-02-04T20:55:00.532-08:00Having been at a debate tournament all day despera...Having been at a debate tournament all day desperately searching for holes in everything everyone says (and having had the &quot;why do you always point out the holes in my argument&quot; discussion many times with my own family), I really enjoyed this post.elfarmy17https://www.blogger.com/profile/09127074008716633538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301857824335294626.post-11065292859607977082012-02-04T04:59:31.316-08:002012-02-04T04:59:31.316-08:00I had a dy almost exactly as described except high...I had a dy almost exactly as described except high school morning bus and thru the day I knew people were acting strange and rather confusing and it wasn&#39;t until I was on the bus on the way home that a girl on my bus handed me a note I did not expect the message at all in purple ink were the words You have need to zip your pants since u got on the bus this morning good thing ur underwear matched ur pants I zipped my pants noticed that my underwear matched my pants and then had the strangest thought if the colors matched why did they notice? A few moments later i was at my house and then wondered why would people let u go through the whole day completely unaware?philthevolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10352023070164124168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301857824335294626.post-17031404439803184052012-02-04T04:40:50.347-08:002012-02-04T04:40:50.347-08:00Hey Sam you mention leaving the comfort zone I als...Hey Sam you mention leaving the comfort zone I also joined in the theatre at my high school and Ive been in a musical and I&#39;m writing what will hopefully become a book it&#39;s over a hundred pages so far just one question is there any advice you can give me on actually making friends I have very very few and I am honestly putting forth my best effort at making friends but I am somehow scaring them away and a few of them have a group of friends that have basically forced them to avoid me basically making it so the person has to choose between their group of friends or getting to know me needless to say the group wins I would appreciate some advice here because it seems like u have figured that out better than I have and last year I wound up going to prom alone and have gone to every school dance so far except for one all by myself I&#39;m glad that I go because when I&#39;m in the giant group af people dancing even though everything is just plain crazy the people who usually won&#39;t even speak to me seem perfectly happy to talk to me and be within five feet of me without complaints is it pathetic to go to a school dance just to feel like u r one of them? Just so people who would never speak to u in public will in a huge bouncing crowd and on occasion even dance with you?philthevolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10352023070164124168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301857824335294626.post-56854288399947219432012-02-04T04:21:15.422-08:002012-02-04T04:21:15.422-08:00Ps I have also read twilight in case anyone is won...Ps I have also read twilight in case anyone is wondering I&#39;m also a bit of a book addict I will admit I have read a book while riding a bicycle in the oncoming lane no I didn&#39;t get hurtphilthevolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10352023070164124168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301857824335294626.post-67513204390463771652012-02-04T04:15:27.177-08:002012-02-04T04:15:27.177-08:00Dear Sam, we&#39;ve never met obviously I also hav...Dear Sam, we&#39;ve never met obviously I also have aspergers I stumbled on ur blog this morning and I am amazed I want to commend u for having the courage to put this on the worldwide net I cant tell u how much I think this sorta thing will help people like us after all what could help more than being able to contact others who know exactly what it&#39;s like I say that loosely because I know aspergers does not remove our individuality but I just wanted to say hello I&#39;m here and I started my blog because I was terribly lonely and wanted to find others with aspergers I however did not have the courage to announce my gift from my creater to the world I basically said hey world I&#39;m lonely seriously tho bravo and please feel free to contact me if u feel like it I&#39;m on Facebook I have a cellphone I&#39;m often bored and plz take the time to read what&#39;s on my blog there isn&#39;t much because I erased entries from earlier darker days I&#39;m eighteen a senior in high school I&#39;m in Minnesota but I lived in bay springs and picayune Mississippi until I was thirteen and really anyone reading this I just want to say that when u live in a world where u didn&#39;t get the manual for making friends and u feel so alone and school can b he// it&#39;s always good to know I&#39;m not the only one and one last thing my dad also has aspergers and we are insanely similar. Umm what to say now? Writers block and I think I typed too much sorry if this was long and boring sincerely Phillip Taylor Cockrellphilthevolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10352023070164124168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301857824335294626.post-57738134942961193432011-11-09T19:59:29.928-08:002011-11-09T19:59:29.928-08:00In all honesty Sam, it was definitely worth the wa...In all honesty Sam, it was definitely worth the wait on my end. As before, you articulate an insight that I have longed for since first working with a person with Asperger&#39;s. I do not have to &quot;understand&quot; to accept or appreciate, but it does validate for me that what I try to do when I interact resonates with that person. YOu are a blessing to me Sam. Thank you.joycegodwingrubbs2http://joycegodwingrubbs2.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301857824335294626.post-7616014319193997842011-10-12T07:33:35.778-07:002011-10-12T07:33:35.778-07:00this post might offend at&amp;t customers. ;-)this post might offend at&amp;t customers. ;-)Krishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08178111031610927709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301857824335294626.post-78816614211488515952011-10-06T19:05:36.669-07:002011-10-06T19:05:36.669-07:00That. Sounds. Awesome.
I toured a portion of Mamm...That. Sounds. Awesome.<br /><br />I toured a portion of Mammoth Cave several years ago, and we did the whole turn-off-all-the-lights thing, but other than that it was very safe and structured and touristy- none of this climbing or tunnel-straddling. Wow.elfarmy17https://www.blogger.com/profile/09127074008716633538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301857824335294626.post-49465629122714796992011-09-18T07:28:08.825-07:002011-09-18T07:28:08.825-07:00I read this blog entry (at the invitation of Jan M...I read this blog entry (at the invitation of Jan Morrison) as it so happens right after reading this article from today&#39;s NYTimes:<br />http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/18/us/autistic-and-seeking-a-place-in-an-adult-world.html?ref=us<br /><br />And it&#39;s also been my own experience, as a math professor. Thanks for saying it well.<br /><br />I enjoyed your second story. I wish more teaching were discovery-oriented. If I were your prof, I&#39;d ask you to present your solution to the class. Of course at a large University, that&#39;s improbable. Calculus classes at Messiah College are smaller.Gene Chasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15227338101314815542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301857824335294626.post-34820013677832991322011-09-16T19:51:55.534-07:002011-09-16T19:51:55.534-07:00I&#39;m impressed by how you solved the math probl...I&#39;m impressed by how you solved the math problem. It&#39;s like you took the same path as the very first person who ever solved a problem like that, which I think would be thrilling. Who knows, maybe you took an altogether unique path and arrived at the same point. Even more impressive. :) If I were in your situation, as soon as I arrived at the answer in a different way than the professor I would have went to him and said &quot;check this out!&quot;, ha, and asked him if he had any ideas for getting rid of the extra variables. But you just kept working on your own until you figured it out!rojofergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08283301494311698848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301857824335294626.post-53047518116393087722011-09-16T08:39:24.963-07:002011-09-16T08:39:24.963-07:00I skimmed. But only because he explained it to me ...I skimmed. But only because he explained it to me in depth earlier. However, we did discuss whether &quot;maxima&quot; or &quot;maximum&quot; is correct. That of course leads one into the world of local and global maximum values. And people might skim that too...Patingamonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09518435542352287615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301857824335294626.post-17569308967896508852011-09-16T05:21:10.574-07:002011-09-16T05:21:10.574-07:00I skimmed the second one as well...but only becaus...I skimmed the second one as well...but only because my Calculus 1 brain had no idea what was going on. I guess that&#39;s kind of your point, though, isn&#39;t it?<br /><br />&quot;It&#39;s nothing personal; I just can&#39;t think of anything worth saying at the time.&quot; &lt;-- That I related to SO much. People think I&#39;m shy, but I really just have no idea what to say.elfarmy17https://www.blogger.com/profile/09127074008716633538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301857824335294626.post-75238985420118309362011-09-16T04:45:03.410-07:002011-09-16T04:45:03.410-07:00I skimmed the second story. :-)I skimmed the second story. :-)Krishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08178111031610927709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301857824335294626.post-47078196858846938522011-09-08T03:38:18.025-07:002011-09-08T03:38:18.025-07:00I use the terms interchangeably, but apparently th...I use the terms interchangeably, but apparently there&#39;s some subtle difference. Then again, the definitions of both have changed so much in the past 5 years that you can use either for practically anything and still get away with it.elfarmy17https://www.blogger.com/profile/09127074008716633538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301857824335294626.post-65501055611200917352011-09-07T19:37:00.597-07:002011-09-07T19:37:00.597-07:00Curse me and my indiscretion... thanks for that. F...Curse me and my indiscretion... thanks for that. Fix&#39;d.<br /><br />Yah, I originally typed &quot;theatre nerds&quot; but then I realized that most of them seem to prefer geek over nerd.Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05248807046548892143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301857824335294626.post-37198647632160209512011-09-07T19:15:01.047-07:002011-09-07T19:15:01.047-07:00(You used J&#39;s real name a few times.)
I&#39;m...(You used J&#39;s real name a few times.)<br /><br />I&#39;m glad to see you use the term &quot;theatre geek,&quot; though. A friend of mine once got rather angry at me for saying &quot;drama nerds.&quot; Now I feel validated. (Although he got a better role in Robin Hood than Josh did, so perhaps his opinion has more weight-lol).elfarmy17https://www.blogger.com/profile/09127074008716633538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301857824335294626.post-29396684758383333232011-09-06T07:45:18.917-07:002011-09-06T07:45:18.917-07:00Sam, I was recently given a link to your blog from...Sam, I was recently given a link to your blog from someone on Facebook I barely know. My son who is now 8 was just diagnosed with Asperger&#39;s about 4 weeks ago. He is an amazing boy, who brings a smile to everyone who has come into his life. Even after the diagnosis I do not see him as different, I see him as his own person, seeing the world through gentle, loving, curious, kind eyes. He is my inspiration! I am still learning &amp; still trying to understand as well. I have not met anyone that doesn&#39;t use words that are technical, that I can understand or can truly give me insight into how he feels. I want to thank you for your blog, as your words have truly touched my heart. I will be following it as you add to it :)<br /> <br />~CrisindaCrisinda Lynn Photographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16503874811569353656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301857824335294626.post-42364202953833570312011-09-02T18:48:54.142-07:002011-09-02T18:48:54.142-07:00It&#39;s a possibility. I&#39;m kinda glad for Fac...It&#39;s a possibility. I&#39;m kinda glad for Facebook in that respect. I just don&#39;t think that the connection will ever be as strong as it used to be, as we all grow further apart.Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05248807046548892143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301857824335294626.post-24946015928029565092011-09-02T18:00:49.985-07:002011-09-02T18:00:49.985-07:00Sounds like a day I had recently except I did not ...Sounds like a day I had recently except I did not have a zipper to worry about.Bonnie Kovacikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04740943615031621982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301857824335294626.post-8034638465324334282011-09-02T17:18:53.055-07:002011-09-02T17:18:53.055-07:00Man, I&#39;m just as terrified as you are. It feel...Man, I&#39;m just as terrified as you are. It feels good to know that I&#39;m not the only one. But does it have to be a definite thing that friendship will fade as you go to college? I mean, you might not be able to see them as much, but I don&#39;t think (or maybe I don&#39;t WANT to think) you can&#39;t stay connected with people.<br /><br />-MikeyTikiShadeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05482018328292637389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301857824335294626.post-10041774472856800162011-08-29T13:16:24.082-07:002011-08-29T13:16:24.082-07:00I agree Sam. Please keep writing. You are very t...I agree Sam. Please keep writing. You are very talented!Willis Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11446528593064912245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301857824335294626.post-18762878018360132742011-08-29T09:18:23.972-07:002011-08-29T09:18:23.972-07:00Good stuff, Sam. Keep it up!Good stuff, Sam. Keep it up!Vince Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16022741985497547070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301857824335294626.post-52460013187834122692011-08-28T16:46:30.532-07:002011-08-28T16:46:30.532-07:00&quot; If you only read exciting things like Harry...&quot; If you only read exciting things like Harry Potter, I might not recommend this to you. If you read things like Twilight, however, then this blog may be slightly less boring.&quot; - you have no idea how much that made me laugh.<br /><br />Looking forward to reading your other posts-- hope you don&#39;t mind me hanging around here. :)<br /><br />-Oliviaelfarmy17https://www.blogger.com/profile/09127074008716633538noreply@blogger.com